Steve Jobs Email on iPhone 4 Labeled as Fake

The technology world took a bizarre new twist Friday when Apple officials denied that an email purportedly sent by chief executive Steve Jobs on the iPhone 4's antenna issue was authentic.

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The technology world took a bizarre new twist Friday when Apple officials denied that an email purportedly sent by chief executive Steve Jobs on the subject of the iPhone 4's antenna problems was authentic.

That email, touted by the Web site Boy Genius Report as an exclusive, claimed that, once again, Jobs responded to an email sent by a customer, this time complaining of the iPhone 4's antenna and signal reception.

Over the course of several emails, the user (later identified as Jason Burford) complained of the iPhone 4's coverage, AT&T's coverage maps, and accused Jobs of making "jackass comments".

Jobs allegedly replied: "You may be working from bad data. Not your fault. Stay tuned. We are working on it."

Apple's public relations officials are notoriously closemouthed, however. It's unclear whether the other emails attributed to Jobs were legitimate or fake as well; as is often the case, Apple officials did not return a request for comment by press time.

Editor's Note: This story has been clarified to note that Apple claimed that the email published by BGR was faked.

Mark Hachman Mark joined ExtremeTech in 2001 as the news editor, after rival CMP/United Media decided at the time that online news did not make sense in the new millennium.
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